Sealing device



July 2, 1940. R, D, SHAW 2,206,707

SEALING DEVICE Filed May 11, 1938 Pi I2 3 l l I [I T R /0 I f I 26 I 27 i i 28 l6 I7 25 Inventor:

Roscoe D. Shaw,

H is Attorney.

. Patented July 2,1940 y g I 2,206,707

UNITED ,STATES PATENT I OFFICE SEALING DEVICE Roscoe D. Shaw, Pittsfield, Mass, assignor to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Application May 11, 1938, Serial No. 207,293

1 Claim. (01. 137-411) The present invention relates to a sealing dewhich has the ends of its legs fulcrumed on pivvice including a valve for controlling the flow ots 26 secured to the valve casing Iii. The pivots of fluid through a conduit and means to prevent 26 as shown in the drawing are secured to dileakage of air along the movable elements of ametrically opposite portions of the casing strucb' such valve into the conduit and vice-versa, to ture and spaced about 90 from the lugs l8, l9 prevent the leakage of fluid from the conduit on the ring or annular member [5. A screw 21 into the atmosphere. Such sealing devices are with a lever 28 fastened to its outer end is provided, for instance, in connection with merthreaded into the cross-bar of the U-shaped cury power plants to prevent leakage of air into bracket 25 and engages with its inner end the 9 low pressure parts of the mercury system. bottom of the cup 22 so that the cup may be The object of my invention is to provide an rigidly forced into engagement with the flange improved construction of sealing devices wherel5 of the casing by turning the screw 21 into the by a valve may be hermetically sealed and the cross-bar of the bracket, The arrangement is leakage of air into the fluid path to be controlled 1 shown in Fig. 1 completely assembled. In order bst ntially prevented. toadjust the'valve, all that is necessary is to 15 I For a consideration of what I believe to be novloosen the screw 21 whereby the U-shaped el and my invention, attention is directed to the bracket 25 may be turned into the position shown following description and the claim appended in Fig. 2 and the sealing cup 22 removed, wherethereto in connection with the accompanying upon the handwheel l4 may be turned to adjust drawing. the valve. After adjustment of the valve the In the drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates a sealing desealing arrangement is reassembled by centering vice partly in section embodying my invention; the ring 24 and the cup 22 on the flange l5, and Fig. 2 shows a perspective View of the arturning the bracket into the proper position and rangement of Fig. 1 with certain elements taken tightening the screw 21. In order to keep the 25 apart. dimensions of the sealing arrangement small the 25 The arrangement comprises a valve with a ears l8, I9 with the centering pins 20, it as flanged body or casing l0 connecting conduit pointed out above are arranged at right angles sections H and i2 and movable valve means inwith regard to the pivots 26 for the brackets 25.

cluding a stem is with a handwheel l4 secured What I claim as new and desire to secure by 30 to the end of the stem for controlling the flow Letters Patent of the United States, is: 0 of fluid from the section ll through the valve In combination with a casing structure having casing it to the section l2. The casing l0 and extending therefrom an element along which the valve stem I3 broadly constitute a casing leakage of fluid from the interior of the casing structure having extending therefrom an elemay occur, a sealing means comprising an anment along which leakage of fluid from the innular member fused to the casing, said member 35 terior of the casing may occur. Further details having lugs with centering pins on diametrically or the movable valve means are not shown beopposite portions, a sealing ring engaging the cause they do not form a part of my invention. member and centered on the pins, a cup for The sealing arrangement to prevent leakage of enclosing such element and sealing it to the air along the valve stem I3 into the casing l0 annular member, the cup having a flange with 40 comprises a ring 15 secured to the casing ID by lugs engaging the sealing ring and centered on welds I6 and I1 to form a flange. The ring l5 the pins,,and means for forcing the cup into has ears [8, is with centering pins 20, 2! sefluid tight engagement with the sealing ring cured thereto. A sealing cup 22 with a flange 23 and the annular member, said means comprisislcentered on the pins 20, 2| and completely ing a U-shaped yoke having legs pivotally con- 45 encloses the movable valve means including the nected to diametrically opposite portions of said stem I3 and the handwheel M. A packing ring casing structure and spaced 90 from the lugs, 24 centered at the pins 20, 2|, is interposed beand a screw held on the base of the U-shaped tween the fianges l5 and 23. The sealing cup is y ke nd n a in the bottom f the ptightened into engagement with the ring or 50 flange 15 by means of a U-shaped bracket 25 ROSCOE D. SHAW. 

